Combined shirt and trousers supporter.



I. I. OLSON.

COMBINED SHIRT AND TROUSERS SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20. 1911.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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UNTTED JOHN zr. OLSON, or BELvIEW, MINNESOTA.

COMBINED alli wlw/nt t may concern .f i n y Beit known that I, JOHN J. OLSON, a

y citizen of the United States, residing at lBelview, in the county Y* VState of Minnesota, have invented certain A ofl Redwood and in Combined new and useful Improvements l of which the Shirt and Trousers Supporters, following is a specification.

This invention relates to la combined "shirt and trousers supporter. y y.

rPhe object of the invention is to provide simply constructed `and efficient invisible trousers supporters for use in connection witha shirt constructed to cooperate therewith so that the supporter and Ashirt. will be held in proper relation to each other.

With the foregoing and other objects in the description view, which will appear as proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a shirt and trousers supporter constructed in accordance with this invention, parts being broken out for convenience in illustration,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail elevation taken from inside the shirt and trousers showing the connection of the supporters with the trousers, and

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated, an outside shirt 1 is shown having loops 2 arranged on its inner face of the shoulders thereof proXi mate the neck band N. These loops, which may be of tape of any suitable material, are designed to receive and retain the suspenders to be described.

The back of the shirt has transversely alined and spaced openings 3 which are preferably finished by buttonhole stitching them to adapt them to resist strains. The openings 3 are preferably arranged longitudinally of the shirt and similar openings 4 are formed in the front thereof, four openings being shown in the front and two inthe rear. These openings are positioned at snitable points below the waistline of the shirt and 'are designed for the passage there Specification of Letters Patent. if

SHIRT AND TROU-SERS SUPPORIER.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

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through of the supporters or Suspenders now to be described. The shirt y1 in other respects than those abovespecified may be of the usual construction.

The Suspenders which ,are designed for supporting the ltrousers and to be concealed by the shirt are constructed` of the usual .straps 5, composed of webbing, elastic or other suitable material, crossing each other near their rear ends as 1s yordinaryin de-v vices of this character, while thev front ends of the straps 5 are bifurcated asshown'at .k6 to provide the vrusual attaching straps. Therear ends of the straps endsof the Istraps 6' are provided with elongated met-al loops 7 of a length correspond- 'ing to the width of the-strapswhich they are designed to receive and which are 4connected with said straps by stitching or other suitable means. Shanks 8 extend laterally from one bar of these loops 7 and are rigidly connected With av tab supporting bar 9 at a point midway shown clearly in Fig. 3. The bar 9 is here shown composed of a strip of metal folded longitudinally between the free edges of which is clamped a buttonhole tab 10, the buttonhole 11 therein being shown arranged longitudinally' of the tab and designed to be engaged with a button 1Q carried on the Ainner face of the trousers band, a portion of the trousers being here shown at T. The bar 9 is here shown of a length corresponding to the length of the loop 7 and is spaced from said loop by the neck or shank 8 a sufficient distance to permit the bar and the tab 10 carried thereby to be inserted through one of the openings at the lower end of the shirt, said tab 10 being designed to come on the outside of the shirt while the loop 7 is to remain withinthe shirt and operates as a stop to prevent the Suspenders from passing through the openings 8 and 4. It is of course understood that the tab 10 is carried by each of the ends of the suspender straps as is shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2 and that the construction of these devices is exactly alike in all cases.

In the use of this device, the straps 5 having been forced through the loops 2 at the shoulders of the shirt and the tabs 10 through the openings 3 and 4 at the lower ends of the shirt the device is ready for use and may be connected with the buttons 12 on the trousers band as is shown clearly in Figs. l and 2. An inspection of these fig- 5 andl the 4freeV the ends of said bar as is ures will clearly demonstrate that the trousers T while being comfortably supported b y the Suspenders or supporters, the latter will be completely concealed by the shirt and they will be held in proper relation to said shirt by the loops 2 and the openings 3 and 4.

From the foregoing` description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains and While I have described the principle f operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

I claim The combination with a shirt having a plurality of transversely alined, longitudinally extendingopenings below its waist line,

of trousers supporting straps, metal loops engaged with the ends of said straps and of a length greater than the length of the openings and positioned transversely across said openings on the inner face of the shirt when in operative position, whereby said strap ends are prevented from passing through the openings, said loops performing the double function ,of strap connectors and as stops to prevent the passage of the strap ends to the outside of the shirt, a shank extending laterally from one niember of each loop and then through one of the shirt openings, a bar carried by said shank and arranged parallel with said loop, and fastener carrying tabs secured to said bars.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN J. OLSON.

Witnesses O.v R. RAHN, G. BAHN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). l0. 

